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Berkeley, San Francisco CA, United States (1989 – 1996, 1998 – 2000)

Fifteen was a band featuring constant bandmember Jeff Ott, with the rest of the line-up changing from album to album. Fifteen was born out of the ashes of Bay area (Berkeley, CA) punk rock icons Crimpshrine back in 1989.

Fifteen released their first record in 1991 on Lookout Records. It was singer/guitarist Jeff Ott’s vision to create music that didn’t just rock, but had something important to say as well. After four records on Lookout, two on Grass Records, three on Sub City Records, and three more on indefinite self-published labels, Fifteen were viewed as the leaders in the music scene. They tackle such burning issues as homelessness, drug abuse, needle exchange, environmental destruction and the government’s use of counterintelligence measures to violate activist’s civil rights. Fifteen first broke up in 1996 after the self-released “extra medium kickball star.”

They reformed in 1998 and released Hush and Survivor then disbanded 2000 with Jeff Ott stating that the ethics of punk rock made it too expensive for him to have a band while raising a family.

The band had a total of fifteen members during its existence: Jeff Ott, Jack Curran, Mikey Mischief, Mark Moreno, Jean Repetto, Lucky Dog, Chris Flanagan, John Ogle, Jessie Wickman, Joe Cable, John Quintos, Scott Pierce, Jim Prior, Lisa D. and Vanessa Bain.
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  • bEATWEAKer

    These guys rocked so hard.

    18 Mar 10:27pm Reply

  • gorillamunch

    damn green day bit them hard

    12 Mar 6:53am Reply

  • Thorgrimm6

    You're right, not happening.

    7 Apr 2012 Reply

  • StabYerDad

    good luck figuring out some of those guitar solos by ear..

    10 Jan 2012 Reply

  • wurdfly

    lol @ needing tabs for fifteen. band r00lz hard though. wish i lived on the west coast for the reunion.

    17 Dec 2011 Reply

  • Thorgrimm6

    Actually you're the who's stupid if you think something's wrong with picking up simple 3 chord stuff like Fifteen by ear is a mistake. So kindly STFU, you obviously don't know what you're talking about.

    28 Jun 2011 Reply

  • xruffandtuffx

    Thor you're fucking stupid, MOST good guitarists know that playing by ear is a BIG mistake. Go learn to play then you can insult people.

    19 Jun 2011 Reply

  • Thorgrimm6

    Tabs for Fifteen ? No offense but if you can't get it by ear might as well hang it up.

    18 Jun 2011 Reply

  • tr_lovepunk

    Amazing band

    6 Jun 2011 Reply

  • GentleTime

    Petroleum Distillation 13th greatest summer anthem http://thehammockreview.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/a-modern-gentleman%E2%80%99s-guide-to-13-top-ten-summer-anthems/

    4 Jun 2011 Reply

  • TheSkaFish

    anyone know where i could find guitar tabs of Fifteen or the Broadways? I'm not savvy enough to get it by ear yet but am very interested in learning songs by them

    4 May 2011 Reply

  • StabYerDad

    best albums are (for me) (1) Lucky (2) Survivor (3) Buzz (4) Surprise (5) The Choice Of A New Generation (6) Allegra (7) There's No Place Like Home (8) Swain's First Bike Ride.............I enjoy all of them a lot though, with the exception of their first album, Swain's, I don't really like that one all too much, a few songs, but they had a lot of growing to do as a band. I think Lucky is their most solid album by far, and a classic honest punk cd.

    27 Oct 2010 Reply

  • StabYerDad

    one of my favorite punk bands.

    27 Oct 2010 Reply

  • Karysun

    i dont know about song called 'jesus', this is why i`m asking..

    8 Jun 2010 Reply

  • haleakalari

    @karysun: nope. not christians. jeff ott is a self-proclaimed "wiccan" of sorts. they do have a really cool song about jesus though, it's called 'jesus'. but, not christians. honest.

    1 Jun 2010 Reply

  • Karysun

    strange lyrics,are they christians?

    27 Mar 2010 Reply

  • mykeywillyums

    "prostitute" is the most wtf song ever, awesome riffs though!! [2]

    19 Mar 2010 Reply

  • toddriverz

    "prostitute" is the most wtf song ever, awesome riffs though!!

    11 Feb 2010 Reply

  • StabYerDad

    Ok. Not Lucky. But i do really have a craving for Surprise. I used to have it. I miss Nancy's Song...

    17 Jan 2010 Reply

  • StabYerDad

    does anyone have Surprise or Lucky and could share it with me?

    16 Jan 2010 Reply
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